Run Juniper Olive VM in VirtualBox

I recently took the JNCIA-JUNOS course, which is a self-paced online course in the Juniper Networks' Junos Genius portal. You can get a 75% discount exam voucher once you've completed the course and passed the assessment test. The JNCIA exam cost is around $200 USD, so you'll just pay a discounted price of $50 USD. 

The JNCIA-JUNOS is the entry level certification that builds foundational knowledge on Junos OS. This is the equivalent to Cisco's CCNA cert. Juniper provides free training and 75% exam voucher discount in their five Associate tracks: 

• Junos, Associate  (JNCIA-Junos)
• Security, Associate  (JNCIA-SEC)
• Cloud, Associate (JNCIA-Cloud)
• Automation and DevOps, Associate (JNCIA-DevOps)
• Design, Associate (JNCDA)

You can only take the JNCIA exams via Pearson's OnVUE (online proctored exam). Once you've passed your first JNCIA exam, you'll need to create a separate account in the Juniper CertManager portal. If this is the first time to view your Juniper certification, click Never logged in before at the bottom

 

Type the e-mail used to register in Pearson VUE (Juniper Networks) exam. A link will be sent to your registered email to complete the activation of your Juniper CertManager account.

 

Note the Candidate ID and CertManager ID are the same (JPR00XXXXXX).

 

 

After filling up your info and set a new password, you can view your exam history and download the logo and PDF certificate.

Note the exam result will appear within 3 business days (mine took the next business day).

 

Below are the digital badge (youracclaim.com) and PDF certificate would look like.

 

I needed to build a virtual lab to help me learn the JUNOS CLI. So I spin up a Juniper Olive which is a virtual machine that runs the JUNOS software. Many network engineers use it to evaluate JUNOS as well as studying for a Juniper certification.

Download and install VirtuaTlBox.

Click Import > select Juniper Olive OVA file > click Next.

Leave the default VM settings > click Import.

 

 Select Junos Olive VM > click Start (green arrow).

 

You'll encounter the error below so you need to create a Microsoft Loopback adapter (I'm using Windows 7 machine in this scenario).

 

 

Create a Microsoft Loopback by issuing a hdwwiz in the command prompt.

 

 

Click Next.

 

 

Select Install the hardware that I manually select from a list (Advanced) > click Next.

 

 

Select Network adapters > click Next.

 

 

Select Microsoft > Microsoft Loopback Adapter > click Next.

 

 

Click Next to install the Microsoft Loopback Adapter.

 

 

Click Finish.

 

 

I manually assigned the Microsoft Loopback interface with an IP address 10.1.1.10/24.

 

 

Go back to the Junos Olive VM > click Change Network Settings.

 

 

Under Network > Attached to: Bridged Adapter (default) > Advanced: Microsoft Loopback Adapter > click OK.

 

Login as root > type cli > press Enter. The root account doesn't have an initial password by default.

 

 

Configure basic settings and the em0 interface for remote management access.

 

configure

 

set system host-name JR1

 

set system root-authentication plain-text-password

juniper123

 

set system services telnet

 

set system login message "Juniper VM Lab"

 

set interfaces em0 unit 0 family inet address 10.1.1.1/24

 

commit   // ACTIVATE THE CANDIDATE CONFIG

 

 

I was unable to Telnet using the root login and checking Juniper's KB, it is per design.

 

Either I create a new user with a super-user account or I allow the root via SSH with the set system services ssh root-login allow command.

 

 

SSH to 101.1.1.1 > click Yes to accept the SSH keys.

 

 

Login as root > type the new root password: juniper123

 

I created a new user jadmin with a super-user class, which has all permission.

 

set user jadmin class super-user

 

set user jadmin authentication plain-text-password

jadmin123

 

commit

 

 

root@JR1% cli

root@JR1> configure

Entering configuration mode

Users currently editing the configuration:

  root terminal v0 (pid 1487) on since 2020-10-10 12:37:40 UTC, idle 00:09:05

      [edit]

 

[edit]

root@JR1# edit system login

 

[edit system login]

root@JR1# set user jadmin class ?

Possible completions:

  <class>              Login class

  operator             permissions [ clear network reset trace view ]

  read-only            permissions [ view ]

  super-user           permissions [ all ]

  unauthorized         permissions [ none ]

[edit system login]

root@JR1# set user ?

Possible completions:

  <user-name>          User name (login)

[edit system login]

root@JR1# set user jadmin ?

Possible completions:

+ apply-groups         Groups from which to inherit configuration data

+ apply-groups-except  Don't inherit configuration data from these groups

> authentication       Authentication method

  class                Login class

  full-name            Full name

  uid                  User identifier (uid) (100..64000)

[edit system login]

root@JR1# set user jadmin class ?

Possible completions:

  <class>              Login class

  operator             permissions [ clear network reset trace view ]

  read-only            permissions [ view ]

  super-user           permissions [ all ]

  unauthorized         permissions [ none ]

[edit system login]

root@JR1# set user jadmin class super-user

 

[edit system login]

root@JR1# set user jadmin authentication ?

Possible completions:

+ apply-groups         Groups from which to inherit configuration data

+ apply-groups-except  Don't inherit configuration data from these groups

  encrypted-password   Encrypted password string

  load-key-file        File (URL) containing one or more ssh keys

  plain-text-password  Prompt for plain text password (autoencrypted)

> ssh-dsa              Secure shell (ssh) DSA public key string

> ssh-rsa              Secure shell (ssh) RSA public key string

[edit system login]

root@JR1# set user jadmin authentication plain-text-password

New password:

error: require change of case, digits or punctuation   // MINIMUM 6 CHARACTERS

 

[edit system login]

root@JR1# set user jadmin authentication plain-text-password

New password:

Retype new password:

 

[edit system login]

root@JR1# commit   // ALWAYS ISSUE A commit TO ACTIVATE CHANGES

commit complete

 

 

Once you're finished using the Olive VM, click Power/Close > Save State to retain its config.

 

The behavior of a VM can be buggy sometimes, so just bounce the interface using the commands:

configure

 

set interfaces em0 disable

 

delete interfaces em0 disable

commit